As the series progressed the Reds unexpectedly gained the upper hand, which puzzled fans and raised suspicions that some members of the White Sox team had deliberately thrown the games in exchange for financial rewards from gamblers.
Painting the windows of the Astrodome significantly improved the situation for the players, but in turn led to the grass inside dying from a lack of light. It was replaced with an artificial alternative, which became known as AstroTurf.
On the 20th April 1965, workers began painting skylight windows at the Houston Astrodome to limit glare from the sun.
The ball sailed over the right-field fence to land in Lexington Avenue that ran alongside Cleveland’s League Park.
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